Job 15:2
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
In Context
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
Cross References
Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
Job 11:2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
Hosea 12:1Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →